Example sentences for: coffers

How can you use “coffers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Widespread discontent arose from continued government instability, futile attempts to modernize the economy, and coffers depleted from the cost of maintaining overseas colonies.

  • Charles II never saw the palace on which he lavished so much money (the royal coffers expended £57,000, a fortune at the time), but he created the foundation of what we see today, with its amazing ornamental plaster work and carved wood paneling.

  • On the weekend chat shows, pundits marveled at Bush's deluge of endorsements, his bottomless coffers, and his godlike standing in the polls.

  • The WP tarnishes McCain's reformer star a bit with a companion piece (based on a Common Cause investigation) to the Senate vote lead reporting that earlier this year McCain's Commerce committee backed off tough new regulations protecting airline passengers in favor of a much weaker bill after airline soft money flowed into Senate GOP coffers.

  • Indian tribes are now locked in competition: Three Wisconsin tribes have filed a suit claiming they were denied a casino license in 1995 because wealthier tribes beat them to Democratic campaign coffers.


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